Book-case



Mod I BOOK CASE.

No. 333,210; Patented Dec. 29, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JEFFERSON FISHER, OF GARTHAGE, TENNESSEE.

BOOK-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,210, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed May 9,1884. Serial No. 130,934. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON FIsHER, a citizen of the United States, resid-- ing at Carthage, in the county of Smith and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Book-' Cases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved revolving case that can be set upon a table or upon the floor, and having shelves for books, and pigeon-holes for papers, said shelves and pigeon-holes being inclosed by sliding doors; and the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construct-ion, as hereinafter set fort-h.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of Inyimproved revolving bookcase, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation ofthe same on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1.

Like letters refer to like parts.

A is the pedestal of a shaft, 13, by which the book-case is supported, and on which it revolves. This pedestal may be secured by screws a a to the floor or to a table, desk, or other suit-able support. The top 0 of the book-case, circular in form, is provided on its under side with a socketed crossframe, D, that is pivotally supported on the upper end of the shaft B. Between the two lower shelves, E E, are secured radial brackets F F, the upper ends of which project inward, and are connected by bolts and nuts to an annular plate, G, that closely surrounds the shaft B. The top 0 and lower shelves, E E, are connected by vertical brace-rods H-H, that pass through the brackets F F, said brace-rods being secured at top and bottom by nuts or other suitable fastcnings. The space between the lower shelves, E E, is preferably divided by partitions b b, forming pigeon-holes, that are closed in front by sliding doors KK,which run in grooves or tracks 0 0, formed near the rims of the shelves. Between the top 0 and shelf E are one or more intermediate shelves, L, connected to the top 0 above and to theshelfbelow by vertical partitions M M. These shelves E and L,with their partitions M, form convenient receptacles for books, that may be inclosed, if desired, by means of sliding doors K, running in grooves c c, and similar to those that inclose the pigeon-holes. The partitions M are preferably arranged at such intervals as to divide the surface of each shelf into four equal parts,

tional room can be obtained in the rear of the books.

In order to provide a means of arranging the books so far apart at the back as to avoid crowding or wedging, and so that they can be readily withdrawn without catching hold of their binding at the top, I provide the shelf with a series of buttons, at d, to prevent the books from coming in close contact with each other, and afford spaces for grasping them at their sides. These buttons or projections d dare simply small knobs or headed pins of wood or metal placed at suitable distances apart in a circle near the edge of the shelf, or in radial lines extending across the shelf. They are placed far enough apart to allow a book to slip easily between them, and are themselves large enough to make a space between the books and keep them apart, so that they can be more easily laid hold of in withdrawing them from the case. There may be only one of these buttons between every two books, or they may be arranged in radial rows, one row of buttons between every two books. In this latter case the buttons are preferably made variable in size, decreased from the outermost to the innermost.

It will be seen that with this form of rea THOMAS JEFFERSON FISHER.

Witnesses:

L. A. LIGON, BERRY LUSTER. 

